Safety-razor.



T. A. BELL.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED vi-PT 24, E912, LQQQGGS, Patented Aug. 12, l.

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Inventor Attorneys T. A. BELL.

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Inventor 2 bym Attorneys which slizill be characterize i vlila all iv/iam THOMAS BELL, OF NEW' 'BQ E'.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

implication ed September 24, 1912.

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4pitiffi of lie United States, residing at New Yoii in the mmni" of New York and Siate s J. of PIJN YUIK. lave invented n new and useful SnftjV-Rfzni, of which the following is Spesilimiiion.

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This object is carried ont primarily by the proviSiC-n of a handle and blade holder con; struce of a length of suitable wire` in connection with other deailsof ccnstiuctimi as willi' hereinafter more fully appear, it being undesood 'thaiiiliis device susfepfilvlo of many izimliiimlious within tlm scope of *what is claimed.. wilmlit emailing from ille of ille invention or sacrificing fromh@ bsxsfiis deiiveal.

The pieerief iiibodiments 0i? the inventifm been illustned in the accompanyu peipecive View of one form Figs. and l are Sectional views on lie lines and I-l Qi Fig. l, especti'eljv. Fig. 4 iS plan View, of :mother form. Fig. :i fiignwntnl pei-Spes- *ve of a iliiicl form-0f ille invention. Fig. i) a fragmentu perspciw of n fom-ih form. i 'T i? .1 seviionnl View Milieu on line Z-T o 6. Fig. 8 .iizugincntall pian View o' :motlimf 'form of ille invention. Fig. E) is a fragmeunl pirper'tii'e 0i' .still uno'ilmr 'form of die im'enion. Fig. 14) :i plain Vivw of une iimfm oi: lilmlv. Fig. ll is :i plan View mi :umthei' form nf llzulv. Fig. l2 is :in @gul elevation ffii eiiwl' gli: illu lllmlw Sliisu'i; ii1l"g. .l0zm l li.

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vvides an effective action for severing the vided with a single or a double sharpened edge of the blade 5b.

^ tied according to the various forms of the The blade 5il is also of parallelowram contour to correspond with the blade holder, it being noted that the active edge of the blade will be arranged dia onally of the handle so that an oblique stro e of the blade This angle of the blade probeard, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art. v

In the form illustrated in Fig. 5, the extensions 2 of the keepers are at right angles to the handle l, and the ends or keepers 3b ot' the blade holder are straight, a flat and rectangular blade 5b being employed in connection with said form.

In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the lower ends of the keepersv 3b of the blade holder are connected by an integral wire guard 6, the said guard being offset forwardly so as vto lie in. advance of the active The form illustrated in F ig. 8, combines the features of the forms shown in Fi s. t and 6, as will be understood, While the Iorm illustrated in Fig. 9 combines the features of the forms illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6.

Fromr the foregoing, it will be Aevident that the blade holder and guard may be constructed in a variety of ways according to the whim of the user, the blades being modiblade holders. rhe'blades may also be proedge or edges, and may be constructed of relatively still or flexible metal, the flexible blades being designed to engage the arcuate keepers as well as the convexed blades.

ln the forms shown in Figs. 6, 8, and 9, the integral guard prevents the lower ends of the keepers from ielding, it being preferable to insert the b ades between the keepers from the top, the upper ends of the keepers being spread apart to accommodate such' action. and the said upper ends being designed to be compressed against the blades to hold the blades in proper position. Thus, also, when the guard 6 of the forms shown in Figs. 1, 4 va'nd 5, is slid to the lower ends of the keepers and detached therefrom, the ends of the blades may be readily inserted between the keepers or may be withdrawn from the keepers, in a manner apparent .to those familiar withV the art.`

The use of the various forms and modifiL cations, will be apparent to those familiar with safety razors, and the advantages of the various forms of the present device will be apparent. The parallelogram blade is particularly useful in that it provides a diagonal cutting edge. The convex blade is particularly useful t'or the reason that the convex side of the blade may be first brought into engagement With the flesh, and the blade holder may then be swung upon thtJ blade as a ulcruin 'until the active edge engages the beard and thus, by bringing the convex side oty the blade into engagement. with the flesh and then rolling the blade until the cutting edge engages the beard., the use of the guard may be eliminated, if desired, for the reason that the majority o1'.1

hacks or cuts are usually made when the' unguarded blade lirst comes into` cont-sei carelesslY with the face. This Afeature provide by the provision of the arcuate end keepers engaging the ends of the eonvexed blade, which leaves the hack oi'' the blade free from obstruction. It is also te he noted that the upper or unactive edge of theblade is ineach case protected by the angular ezt# L?.

, Having thus described the invention, whatA is Claimed is l. ln a' safety razor, a wire blade .holder including yieldable end keepers tending to more toward each other and having in wardly facing grooves, a bladehaving its ends engageable within the grooves so that. the keepers press against the ends of the blade, and a guard having terminal por tions embracing the keepers to maintain them in engagement with the ends of the blade.

In a safety razor, a. wire blade holder including end keepers having' inwardly fueing grooves and having upper angular extensions eonvcrgng toward each other, and a loop terminally connected to the exten sions, in combinatirm 'with blade termi nally engageable within the grooves its Vunactii'e edge protected by said exten sions. g l

3. l'n a safety razor, a wire blade holder including end keepers having inwardly fue ing grooves and having u per angular ein tensions convergin toivar each other., a id a handle connecte to the respective extrem sions, in combination with a blade engage able within the grooves so that the keepers press against the ends of the blade, and a. guard connecting the lower ends of the keepers.

il. In a safety razor, a blade holderem bodying end keepers having upper angular extensions converging toward each other, a. looped handle terminally connected .te the utmost siin said extensions, and a blade terminally 'enf I i bod gageable within tlle grooyesvso thatl the keepers press against the ends-:ei tpe blade with the nnactive .edge of the blade protected by the said extensions. A a fl safety' razor, a blade holder em- Efend keepers having upper angular extenstens converging toward each other, a handle-,connected to the yrespective extensions, and a' blade terminally engageable by the keepersv so that the keepers press against lthe ends of tlie blde with the unactve edge 'f the blade protected by the seid extensions, a guard terminally engaged to the lower ends of the keepers. 15'

6. In a safety rzor, a blade holderbent from a length ofwire and embodying arcunte grooved end keepers having'upper aninier extensions converging toward each other, a loopedhnndle terminally connect-ed A able within the end keepers so that the keepers press against the ends of the'blede, the said extensions protecting the unaetive edge ofthe flde,} end afguarl having terminal hooks adapted to detacha ly and adjnstably embraeethe keepers. i. *A i In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS A. BELL.

Witnesses: -RQBERT S.lSLoAN,

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